Muttering to himself, the guild master spat out all of Neil’s money. Neil, who quickly seized the money in case he changed his mind, greeted Edith with a mixed expression of joy and bitterness.

“Thank you. Thanks to you, I got my money back.”

Although he raised his voice, Neil was actually halfway giving up on the refund. Knowing that the guild master had been lowering his reputation at Gotturk Castle through the same excuses, he had little to say.

“I was foolish. I should have admitted sooner that I couldn’t find a maid job in the capital anymore.”

As Edith calmly left the guild office along with her, she asked, “Did you hear the story the guild master unintentionally told? Is it because of the bad reputation?”

“That’s right. But I swear by the gods, I’ve never been negligent in my work, nor have I laid a hand on someone else’s belongings. It’s just…”
Neil couldn’t easily continue speaking. To explain why the Lord and Lady of Gotturk Castle, who were his former employers, suddenly started questioning his usual attitude, the story would undoubtedly become very long.

However, he wanted to clear up misunderstandings for the kind person who had expressed anger on his behalf. Both the arrogance and laziness were rumors created by his former employers.

Edith, as if she had read her mind, made a suggestion first.

“I parked the carriage nearby. If it’s okay, I’ll give you a ride to where you’ll be staying.”

“…….”

Neil decided not to refuse the favor. Compared to the carriages of young women who visited job placement guilds, Edith’s carriage was quite luxurious.

When Edith brewed a warm tea with the supplies in the carriage and handed Neil a cup, he felt a warmer warmth than the steaming tea.

“Thank you so much. Today’s wind was too cold, and I was worried about the baby. If I hadn’t been fired from my job, none of this would have happened.”

Edith, handing cookies to Neil, asked, “Have you worked as a maid before?”

“Yes. I worked for a very good family. It was very nice at first, but I made a careless mistake without realizing it, and it ended up like this.”

Edith could sense that she harbored considerable reluctance and resentment toward Gotturk. An enemy of an enemy is an ally. She gradually took off her robe and made a proposal to Neil.

“Neil, if you tell me what happened in Gotturk, I’ll introduce you to a job. Of course, I haven’t seen you work, so I can’t write you a recommendation letter as a capable person, but I know some families that will evaluate your skills without being swayed by rumors like the ones spread by Gotturk.”

“You’re speaking as if you were a lady…”

Casually responding, Neil suddenly stopped. As he took off her robe, he noticed her lush blond hair and tempting lips, which seemed like something he had recently seen in the newspaper.

“I’m Edith. I’m currently staying at Lexion Mansion.”

…!

For a moment, Neil’s pupils widened like lanterns.

“Edith? The Lady Lexion, the petite wife of the public prosecutor who openly courted her?”

Neil couldn’t believe it. He had been wondering how the woman who came to find a job was accompanied by bodyguards, and now the question was finally answered.

Moreover, if it was Lexion, it wasn’t a family that would easily listen to Gotturk’s words.

It was one of the few families that could press Gotturk. Edith’s proposal accurately penetrated what she desired: a new job and revenge against the couple who abandoned her.

As the carriage began to move smoothly, Neil gathered his thoughts. This was the chance given to him by the heavens.

“I used to work for a family where I served as the adopted daughter of the Lord and Lady. I had gained the trust of the Lord and Lady.”

‘The person who served as the adopted daughter for Elizabeth.’
With the anticipation of obtaining the desired information, her heart began to beat a little faster.

“But one day, before even turning twelve, the young lady asked me. She inquired if, when she marries and becomes the Viscountess, would I also go with her as a Viscountess.”

“Marriage?”

“Yes. And it seems her prospective partner is the nephew of the elderly Viscount Humphrey… As far as I know, Viscount Humphrey doesn’t have a nephew. I read it in a newspaper article when that person inherited the title, so I asked the Lady without thinking and got kicked out.”

“…….”

Edith vividly remembered the Countess of Covent, the conversation she had with her. Viscount Humphrey was considered the type of person who harbored evil thoughts towards young children.

“No way, bringing the Viscount’s favored child, ostensibly his nephew, to marry Humphrey… in exchange for discovering a valuable mine in the Viscount’s territory.”

Edith’s eyebrows furrowed with disgust at the disgusting family. If it were such a man, wouldn’t it be right to kill him?

However, Neil, grimacing as if it were more repulsive, corrected Edith’s words.

“If you think about the timing and sequence, it’s the Viscount and his wife who are crazier. Because a valuable mine was discovered in the Viscount’s territory, they arranged for the young girl to be enrolled as the daughter of the couple to establish a connection with Viscount Humphrey. It’s a deal where they sold a child to hell to get the mine.”

“……!”

It was a plan so disgusting that it could be said to be devilish. Edith felt deep sympathy for Elizabeth, essentially the daughter of her enemy, the Gotturk Viscount.

‘Does Elizabeth know what the Viscount and his wife are doing to her daughter and is she helping them?’